Asked about the vote though, Alabama Community College System Chancellor Mark Heinrich said the vote would not evoke an administrative response against Staats, nor a departure from its established evaluation procedures for college presidents.

"On the basic level, it's symbolic," he said. "It's non-binding. It has no administrative impact."

Alabama Community College System Chancellor Mark Heinrich. (File photo)

While Heinrich could not discuss specific personnel matters, he said the system will stick to its "methodical approach for evaluation."

"We have a systematic approach here the we follow and will always follow," he said.

However, Heinrich also says the administration is aware is working with with the individuals involved to "move forward in the most expeditious way."

"I don't want to say that we ignore it or we don't recognize it at all," he said. "Because it's information ... and we are always interested in gathering as much information as we possibly can."

"When an action such as this occurs, we owe it to our president, our employees, our students and our entire system to carefully listen and methodically evaluate and resolve all of the factors involved," he said.

As reported by AL.com's William Thornton, school employees said complaints against the president mainly stemmed from leadership not being receptive to what employees had to say.

That included the creation of the new vice president's position that employees judged to be unnecessary.